About this spot
This spot is in Hot Spring Canyon of Cleveland National Forest near Lake Elsinore, California -- the database had it mislabeled in Kansas City, Missouri, an unrelated data error. From Ortega Highway (74), follow Long Canyon Road/Main Divide Truck Trail to Blue Jay or Falcon Group Campground, then hike roughly a mile up-canyon on the Falcon Trail. The main pool is a rock-carved swimming hole about 12-15 feet deep below a two-tier waterfall, with jumps in the 12-50 foot range off surrounding ledges. Water is cold and shaded; flow and pool depth vary with recent rain. Beyond the first major fall the route becomes an unmaintained, genuinely dangerous scramble -- stop at the main pool. No fee for day use; first-come campground parking.
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